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It's good that we can worry about different things, but you're kind of making my point for me -- if the information is available commercially, all you have to d
by DanielBMarkham 12y ago
It's good that we can worry about different things, but you're kind of making my point for me -- if the information is available commercially, all you have to do is 1) have a business relationship with the broker, and 2) punch in a credit card number to get it, no matter who you are.
What we're seeing is that the brokers aren't very keen on having everybody and their brother coming by to check out folks, so it's a quasi secret type of information. That's the worst of both worlds.
By the way, I keep hearing that phone companies have already set up e-com sites for Law Enforcement to retrieve phone tracking records (which do not require a warrant) Punch in your department's credit card number, type in the guys phone number, and get a record of everywhere he's been. Pretty cool stuff if it's true, but, as I note, folks who do this stuff aren't very keen on letting the rest of us in on the action.
- rayiner 12y agoI'm not disagreeing with you on the meta-point. I'm just saying, even if you're not afraid of the government you have reason to be afraid. As an aside, I think HN gets this message backwards. I think it strikes a stronger chord with people to talk about what their boss could do with this data than what LE could do.
- DanielBMarkham 12y agoDon't know, don't care. I find debating whether the ship struck the iceberg on the left-hand side or the right-hand side a bit of a distraction from the effort underway to board the lifeboats.
- rayiner 12y agoIts relevant to convincing passengers the ship has a hole in it in the first place.
- DanielBMarkham 12y agoBut it's not an either-or choice. In fact, the more approaches, the better. :)